Continuing our history of Sandburg’s relationship with the Swedish-American Historical Society, we are publishing a list of past honorees of the Society’s Carl Sandburg Medal The Swedish-American Historical Society created the Carl Sandburg Medal in 1977 to honor service to … Read More
As part of the visioning process that began in 2024 as we prepared for our 75th Anniversary celebration, the Society’s Executive Committee, Membership Committee, Finance Committee, and Office have assessed membership dues collected and which aspects of our operations they … Read More
Join us in celebrating longtime Society board member Dag Blanck, Professor of Scandinavian Studies at Uppsala University, as he has recently received several prestigious awards for his lifelong research on Swedish emigration to North America and its broader implications! … Read More
Some exciting mail has arrived at the office of the Swedish American Historical Society! Our freshly redesigned newsletter, Glimtar, hit the office desk last week, and is making its way out to our members. A PDF is also available on … Read More
Dinner and Lecture at Chicago’s Swedish American Museum “Jens Jensen: A Scandinavian-American Force of Nature,” Julia Bachrach, urban planner and preservationist. Tickets can be purchased here. The SAHS is excited to partner with the Swedish American Museum in Andersonville, Chicago … Read More
2024 Spring Program Thursday May 9, 2024, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Lunch & Lecture at Seattle’s Swedish Club Northwest “Stories of the Past: How Swedish Americans Shape Their Heritage” by Jennifer Eastman Attebery, Professor Emerita at Idaho State University … Read More
Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) was a Swedish-American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and another for one of his multi-volume biographies of Abraham Lincoln. He was a towering figure in twentieth-century … Read More
The celebrated Swedish author, Vilhelm Moberg, was known on both sides of the Atlantic for his epic, four-part novel (The Emigrants, Unto a Good Land, The Settlers, and The Last Letter Home) chronicling the lives of Karl Oscar and Kristina … Read More
Collection and preservation of documents was one of the original purposes of the Swedish-American Historical Society (initially Swedish Pioneer Historical Society) set forth in its 1948 constitution, but it was not until fourteen years later, in 1962, that an archives … Read More
Comments by Marcus Cederström Board of Directors Strategic Planning Chair The Swedish-American Historical Society is turning 75 this year. But 134 years ago, a different Swedish-American Historical Society first appeared. Roy Swanson in the first issue of the journal of … Read More